Major Battles
This first battle of the revolution ended in 8 patriots dead.
Lexington
This member of the Virginia House of Burgesses argued against the Stamp Act
Resulted in five people dead and a propaganda campaign to gain support against British taxes
Boston Tea Massacre
This Frenchman offered his services for free to the Patriots
The British suffered heavy losses at this second battle and were forced to retreat.
Concord
One of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
The Stamp Act was placed on these particular items
paper, cards, documents
The combination of the Townshend Act and the British monopoly on tea caused the colonists to do this
Boston Tea Party
This Prussian Army officer offered his services to George Washington and helped him train the Continental Army
Freiderick von Steuben
This battle resulted in the British General Burgoyne surrendering after being surrounded and not receiving reinforcements from General Howe from Philadelphia
Saratoga
This group of Patriots surrounded Burgoyne's army and forced their surrender
Green Mountain Boys
Boycotts of manufactured goods was the result of this tax
Townshend Act
The winter at this location tested the resolve of the Patriots because supplies and clothes were scarce
Valley Forge
This Spaniard came to Philadelphia and convinced Cuba, Spain and Mexico to send money for the revolution
Juan de Miralles
This final battle of the revolution was the result of the British not getting supplies and ships in time.
Yorktown
This group numbering around 5000 were joining the fight against the British for independence
African Americans
The East India Company imported this good and the British parliament forced the colonists to purchase it
imported tea
Lord Cornwallis was forced to do this at Yorktown after being surrounded by American and French ships
Surrender
A Polish officer who became the rank of general in the
Continental Army but died fighting in 1779
Casimir Pulaski
This American poet wrote the famous quote about the Battle of Concord being "............."
"The shot heard around the world"
After passage of the Townshend Act this group of patriots formed to boycott goods
Daughters of Liberty
Passed after the Boston Tea Party to punish the colonists these taxes were officially named the Coercive Acts but the people of Boston called them.......
Intolerable Acts
Printing of paper money in the colonies made it become useless due to this economic condition
inflation
The reason why most allies who fought for the revolution were from Europe
England was at war with France, Spain and Germany